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This year's schedule for the famous Navaratri Sangeetotsavam
held at the Navaratri Mandapam, adjoining the majestic Shri
Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram
has been released. This festival is exclusively dedicated to compositions of
Maharaja Swathi Tirunal and features the nine Navaratri krithis of the Maharaja
as the main item of the concert on each of the nine days. Here is a
special
feature on the Navaratri krithis, authored by Carnatica's Dr. P. P. Narayanaswami.
14th October 2004, Thursday (Navaratri
Keertanam: Shankarabharanam)
Vocal
Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan
Violin
S. R. Mahadeva Sarma
Mridangam Thanjavur Dr. T. K. Moorthy
Ghatom
Tripunithura N. Radhakrishnan
15th October 2004, Friday (Navaratri Keertanam: Kalyani)
Vocal
Professor T. V. Gopalakrishnan
Violin
T. V. Ramani
Mridangam T. V. Vasan
Ghatam V.
Suresh
16th October 2004, Saturday (Navaratri Keertanam: Saveri)
Veena
Ashwati Tirunal Rama Varma
Mridangam R. Ananthakrishnan
Ghatam Udupi
Sreedhar
Morsing
Payyanur Govindaprasad
17th October 2004, Sunday (Navaratri Keertanam: Todi)
Vocal
Malladi Brothers (Senior): Suri Babu & Narayana Sarma
Violin
Parur M. A. Sundaresan
Mridangam Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam
18th October, Monday (Navaratri Keertanam: Bhairavi)
Vocal
Padmabhushan Trichur V. Ramachandran
Violin
Parur M. A. Krishnaswamy
Mridangam B. Harikumar
Ghatam
Adichanallur M. Anil Kumar
19th October 2004, Tuesday (Navaratri Keertanam: Pantuvarali)
Vocal
Vechur C. Sankar
Violin
Attukal Balasubramaniam
Mridangam Mavelikara K. Velukutty
Nair
20th October 2004, Wednesday (Navaratri Keertanam: Shuddhasaveri)
Vocal
Rudrapatnam Brothers: R. N. Tyagarajan & Dr. R. N. Taranathan
Violin
S. R. Vinu
Mridangam Dr. G. Babu
21st October 2004, Thursday (Navaratri Keertanam: Nattaikurinji)
Vocal
T. M. Krishna
Violin
T. K. V. Ramanujacharyulu
Mridangam Guruvayur Dorai
Ghatam
K. S. Karthik
22nd October 2004, Friday (Navaratri Keertanam: Arabhi)
Vocal
K. N. Renganatha Sarma
Violin
Mysore Dr. M. Manjunath
Mridangam Trivandrum V. Surendran
Ghatam
Elanjimel Susheel Kumar
- Concerts start at 6 pm and end at 8.30 pm sharp.
- The pieces performed are all composed by
Maharaja Swati Tirunal. Preceding the concerts there is the rendering of
tODaya mangaLam from 5.30 pm to 6 pm by the "Mullamoodu
Bhagavatars", traditional musicians attached to the Padmanabha Swamy Temple.
- Concerts are open to all lovers of music. However,
since the Mandapam is a Hindu temple for the duration of the festival,
certain rules and regulations apply with regard to seating, attire and
timings. These are enforced strictly and are part of the folklore and
traditions associated with the event and the venue.
- For the benefit of those who are not able to
be present inside the Mandapam, a loudspeaker is positioned outside, which
broadcasts the music to the eastern steps of the Padmanabha Swamy Temple.
- AIR Trivandrum generally broadcasts highlights
of each day's concert at 9.30 pm the same night, i.e. one hour after the
conclusion of the actual concert at the Mandapam.
- For more details, the
organizing committee may be contacted via
crrvarma@vsnl.com.
The organizers also recommend the following articles for more information:
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